Nikon D70 Digital Field Guide
by David D. Busch
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Book Reviews of Nikon D70 Digital Field Guide
Book Review: You really, really need this!
Summary: 5 Stars
I probably shouldn't have jumped directly from a Nikon Coolpix to a Nikon D70s, but I really wanted to get some pictures as good as my friend was getting, so I took the plunge. Thank goodness this book was available! I got in a bit over my head because I didn't know anything about digital slr cameras, but I learned real fast with this book as my guide. Unlike the manual, it explains the most important controls very completely and thoroughly and tells you why you would want to use a particular feature.
There's lots of guidance on how to shoot certain kinds of photos too. In fact, I found myself exploring new types of photography simply from reading about and seeing the examples in this book. Way to go.
Book Review: Lacking in Details about the D70
Summary: 2 Stars
This book simply fails to provide the necessay details about using the D70. There are many times when you simply need to read the D70 Users Guide to figure out how to use the camera. For example, on page 23 it discusses how to use the shooting mode button and it tells the name of each mode. If you look on page 29, it shows the icons for the various shooting modes. But there is nowhere it the book where it states which icon goes with which mode. If you want to know, read the Nikon d70 Users Guide. There are countless similar places where the book fails to provide enough information. Most of the book is a beginners guide for how to take pictures. If you are looking for a comprehensive guide for the D70, look elsewhere.Book Review: Quite useful
Summary: 5 Stars
This book provides everything you need to begin using your D70. It includes tons of information that's not in the manual, and was quite in-depth in its treatment of using camera controls and options, with many examples of how you might want to apply various focus, exposure, and other settings.
I also appreciated the lengthy section on taking photos in portrait, sports, animal, travel, and other set-ups. Although small in size, this book crams a lot of content into its pages. It's quite similar to the D50 version I purchased before I upgraded to the D70. I passed that book along to my wife, and I like having my own copy that is customized specifically for my camera.
Book Review: A must, technically and creatively
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been a somewhat serious "prosumer" photographer since Photo Journalism 401 in college. I recently graduated from Sony DSC717 to Nikon D70S. After one glance at the D70S manual, I ordered this book, which also covers the D70S. What I think helps it a lot is the author is a photojournalist, but he takes it a step futher from the technology angle. He credits in the Acknowledgements the help from Mike Sullivan, "whose more than a decade of experience shooting Nikon-based digital cameras proved invaluable." It shows. He does a great job of bringing it all together, easy to understand, with NUMEROUS tips and techniques. He really know his stuff and covers the D70S as well.Book Review: Quite disappointed
Summary: 1 Stars
I too bought this book based on the reviews here. It is "Okay" for a beginner but not great even at that. There is incorrect information and no data for the published pictures whatsoever - i.e. - exposure, D70 settings, nothing. In the practice picture tutorials in the back, you would need about $15k worth of lenses to duplicate his trials. There are about 6 pages on Picture Project and 3 pages on Capture with most of this being pictures of the screen...horribly inadequate when you are attempting to learn these powerful tools. Also, some of the pictures published were only fair in quality. I returned this book. In my opinion, not worth the paper it is printed on.